Egg-holder.



Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

J. P. STOURM.

EGG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14. I914.

UEETEH STATEd PATENT @FEEQE.

JOHN P. STOUBM, or new YonK, n. Y.

EGG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnted; Sept]. 10 1918.

Application filed July 14, i914. Serial No. 850,941.

To all whom it ma" concern:

Be it known t at I, JOHN P. STOURM, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg- Hclders; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

his invention relates to improvements in egg shipping devices, and hasafor one of i its objects to provide an article of this nature by which an egg may be suspended from a suitable support arranged within the body portion of the shipping box and resiliently held against breakage or displacement during transportation.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a novel form of egg suspending device that is simple and durable in construction, reliable and efficient in use and which may be stamped and formed from a single blank of sheet material whereby the cost of production may be reduced to the minimum. 2

A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of a novel form of shipping box in which said egg suspending devices are adapted to be supported.

With the above and other objects of similar nature in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved shipping device, with eggs packed therein ready for shipping, and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the egg suspending devices, removed from the shipping box.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the egg holder comprises a single strip of resilient material such as sheet steel or the like that is provided intermediate its ends with a loop 10 by which it is suspended from a supporting rod 11 ar ranged within the body of the shipping box, the latter being designated as a whole by the numeral 12.

The arms 13 of the strip are bowed outwardly from the loop as at 14 and curved adjacent their free ends to provide a pair of resilient gripping members 15 between whiohanegg is adapted to be securely held, the. curvature of one of the said members being such as to receive the butt of the egg and that of'the other of said members such as to receive the point of the egg. The arms ,13 are further transversely bowed as at 16 to prevent lateral displacement of the egg therefrom and are .terminally provided with downwardly directed finger pieces 17 by which they may be readily spread to permit of the insertion therebetween or the removal therefrom of an egg. 7

It will be noted that the portions of the holder between the gripping members 15 and the loop 10 are disposed in spaced relation to the egg, such space permitting of flexing of the arms 13 to absorb the jars and shocks to which the eggs may be subjected during transportation.

The box in which the holders are arranged consists of the bottom member 20 having an upturned edge 21 and a top member 22 having a downturned edge 23. Between the top and bottom members and standing snugly against the upturned edge portions 21 and 23 is a continuous corrugated metallic strip 24. As noted in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the strip 24; is provided with deep corrugations 25 and shallower corrugations 26, each deep corrugation being followed by two shallower corrugations and then a deep corrugation.

The rods 11 on which the holders are hung, have their downturned end portions engaged within the deep corrugations which are directed inwardly of the box as illustrated, the top or cover member 22 of the box resting upon the loops 10 of the holders and therethrough serving to hold the rods 11 against upward displacement.

As above stated, the egg holding member consists of a strip of resilient material such as sheet steel. Each egg holding member is disposed to receive within its loop or sleeve 10 one of the supporting or hanger rods 11 and by reason of the resiliency of the material, this sleeve will of course grip the rod and prevent the egg holder from sliding along the rod. Any swinging movement of the holder on the rod would of course be limited by contact of the holder with the lid of the box. The holder being of resilient material as stated, the sleeve may of course be readily sprung by drawing apart the gripping members 15, to an extent sufficient to permit of sliding of the holder to whateverposition is desired upon the rod, thus to suit eggs of different dimensions.

hat is claimed is: 1. The combination With an open top box having its side Walls provided With corrugations extending through their top edges,

of a hanger bar having doWnturned ends removably disposed exteriorly of the Walls and within rentrant corrugations thereof, egg holders suspended from the hanger rod "and a closure for the bOX having a flange bridging the outer recesses of the corrugation'sWhereby10utWard bending of the ends of the hanger bar from 'the'corrugations is prevented,

2. A two-part hanger for an egg container consisting of a'bar having downturned end 7 portions for engagement over and against the outer faces of the sides of a container and a resilient metal holder including a central resilient split sleeve engaging the bar and arms extending from opposite sides of the split of the sleeve curvingl'y, 'fir'st in mutual divergent and then in mutual convergent relation and formed to fit corre- Copies of this patent-maybeofitained'for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 6t Patents.

' Washington, D. U. j 

